Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02
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kfeucn pruness ket11e de Anl0u
The best growing and bearing, best 10
putting up or drying"
sGrssenstein appis, best fall apple, :
in which We fully concur. We hay,
planted three orchards within the las
thirty years and neFer : time without
the Gravenstsin; and 4 We had fort,
more 70 plant, the Grayenstein should
always find . place. The tree Is no
always hardy, though, and frequently
ahsrt lived. The late Dazb Hunting
ton used 70 grow them 70 perfection
and always dotted on then, +" Is vel
be might. Thomas says d them
. Productive, handsome and excailsnt
Fine in ali localities
HE1xE sALrIEa BUrTKR.
Brine sAltinR Il butter has rnany I'd
vocates, and hare 4 What 4. 81 4. hal
20 say on the nbieet IN the Farmers
Review: He has tried brine sailing foi
two or three years and likes Il very
much, Is Il hardens the bntter and
makes Il much better 10 handle. He
washes Il IN three weak brines before
putting Il IN the strong brine, letting
K IiaiR the water ct least hall hour,
Wepresume, while The butter II Ia the
GRANULAR form. II Is found that this
does not salt the butter enough 10 suit
the customers, so he spfiukies q very
little dry salt IL when working, rolling
the salt very hne. This point Of rolling
fhe aaEf should never bS neglected, fof
all brands % salt contain more or leas
humps, and when enc q these get be.
tween the teeth Of 3 consumer you
make an everlasting enemy Of him.
Such Jumps do not injure the butter
hall 90 much as they do the reputation
Of the butter. Il Is also an excellent
plan 70 screen the salt IA order % detect
The presence Of pan scales, Il there are
any. These are nearly a. hard a.
pieces Of marble, and serve 10 fret
he teeth Of the consumer. Too
much care cannot Be taken IN this
direction.
We clip the above from the Farmer
and Dalryman. as throwing some light
upon this yet mooted question. Dur
ing the past butter season at the
creamery farm we brine-salted q good
portion Of the output, bat found that
for the taste Of our customers fully
thrse.quarters Of an ounos Of salt 10
the pound was required In addition TO
the brine Salting. When used in the
granular state, with the brine that
would naturally 60 with the butter,
then 1t was salt enough for any taste.
II may be . /" notion" bat IL did seem
that in no other sample did the deli
cate delicious favor come out so prom
inently a. in that used in the granular
farm.
Third sKAMoa ON PRUNEs.
EngTon PosrsiETEI1aeENcKR:
pKAR sIR-In your issue Of Sept. sth
read . notice of some large prunes
raised BY Mr. q 81. Bowman oil Lake
Union, which he calls Gros de Aniou.
am OF the opinion that Mr.. Bowman
e mistaken In the name Of his prunes.
have several trees Ia bearing fnoW
loaded with fruit) that bought IRON
Mr.. Bowman At the time he was acting
agent for the Vancouver Nursery, then
conducted hy 8. w. Brown. Nv trees
were labeled "9ros or Hungarian
Prunes." / also fsince thenl bought
from same nursery q lot OF Petit de
Anion, ? which Is q small, very sweet,
freestoned prune, not more than one
third the size 81 the Gros or Hunga.
rian, I write this that none Of your
numerous readers may be misled by a
name. The Hungarian
prune Il truly wonder Tor size and
productlyeness, but u not a. hne 9
prune a. the Italian, which Is par ex-
cellenca. Most respectfully,
II. n. HosKfNs0N.
PoRT BLAKELy, Sept. 10, 1887.
LKrrEn ABOUT PEPPERMINT.
Nm. EprroR-As am expecting 10
engage IN the peppermint culture IN
clsllam county, would like to learn
what eject the rainy Summers would
hays on the mint Would Il oil a. well
10 4 rainy summer as In q dry one, as
/ ruler We have plenty OF rain IN
.ummef IN Clallam. Mint grows most
here.
I think your correspondent, Q. Ja-
,ohs, quotes prices which are altogether
90 high and could not be obtained for
ne oil. Can The oil be readily sold nt
~ tImeag or Is the market often over
Itocked9
In . note accompanying this letter
5 a request, +" 4 you publish this letter,
please omit name" which We do in
Difference 70 the request bat why
shrink from meeting fellow farmers in
he open Geld Of interchange Of opin-
IONS " face TO facet" WIN some one
undertake 70 answer the correspond
snt's questions7
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